Pharmacist-Led Management of Antimicrobial Treatment
A special issue of Antibiotics (ISSN 2079-6382). This special issue belongs to the section "Antibiotics Use and Antimicrobial Stewardship".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 July 2026 | Viewed by 956
Special Issue Editors
Interests: community pharmacy; antimicrobial resistance; public health and IBD
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Pharmacy practice in antimicrobial therapy is essential for optimising patient outcomes and containing one of the greatest threats to health today and in the future: antimicrobial resistance. We are pleased to invite you to contribute to our Special Issue. Pharmacists are able to position themselves as key members of antimicrobial stewardship programs and teams, ensuring the rational and evidence-based use of antibiotics. Hospital pharmacists collaborate with other healthcare team members to select appropriate antimicrobial agents, considering pharmacodynamics and pharmacokinetics to target resistant pathogens effectively. Through interventions like prospective audit and feedback, pharmacists enhance antimicrobial use, reducing hospital stays and healthcare costs. Pharmacists may promote guideline adherence, de-escalate therapy when possible, and prevent unnecessary prescriptions. Both hospital and community pharmacists educate patients on adherence and potential adverse effects, improving treatment success. This Special Issue aims to highlight the evolving role that pharmacists play in infectious disease management, emphasising the strategies used to optimise therapy, contain resistance, and improve patient safety in diverse clinical settings. We encourage our fellow colleagues to explore the variety of roles that pharmacists play in optimising antimicrobial therapy.
Dr. Doris Rušić
Guest Editor
Dr. Lovre Zekan
Guest Editor Assistant
Manuscript Submission Information
Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 250 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for assessment.
Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Antibiotics is an international peer-reviewed open access monthly journal published by MDPI.
Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2900 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.
Keywords
- antimicrobial stewardship
- community pharmacy
- antibiotic resistance
- antimicrobial use optimisation
- pharmacist intervention
- antibiotic prescribing
- infectious diseases
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